Verbs

Past simple

Affirmative and negative

Question

We use the past simple to talk about:

-finished actions in the past, often with a definite time.

• I went to the beach on Saturday afternoon.
• They got married in 1976.

-a series of finished actions in the past.

• She came home, made a cup of tea and read the newspaper.
• We arrived at seven. A woman showed us to our room and we sat down.